Charmoly

Whatever, but mainly things of beauty

[bovineblogger]

[bovineblogger]

hello bovine friends!!!

im barley bovineblogger and these are my friends the tamaraw!!!!! there r currently only ~500 in the world, and it really really hurts to think they might be gone soon... but they dont have to be !!!!!

it would mean the absolute world to me if you would spread awareness of these silly little guys, read about them, tell your friends about them, or even help support the Asian Wild Cattle Specialist Group in their mission to protect and conserve the species!!!!

thank you so much and have an awesome awesome day I LOVE YOU!!!

[charmoly]

Protesters held signs reading “Vermont stands with Ukraine” and “International embarrassment”, while many waved Ukrainian flags in solidarity. Fox aired video of the protesters, but blurred out signs displaying messages against Vance and in favor of Ukraine.

“After what he did yesterday, he crossed the line,” protester Cori Giroux told Vermont Public Radio.

[perseuspixl]

[charmoly]

This does have a ring of truth to it! 😂

[dreamilypurpleoutcast]

[charmoly]

So true! Too many sceptical idiots out there. 😕

[whereifindsanity]

Hotel California on Guzheng by Moyun.

[coconutshipwreck]

Just, like, wow.

[charmoly]

This is really really special!

[endlingmusings]

"An animal once considered extinct in the wild has seen its classification changed to “endangered,” signifying a remarkable comeback.  The scimitar-horned oryx has recovered its numbers thanks to the efforts of conservationists and zoos worldwide, and they can now be seen wandering the plains of Chad’s Ouadi Rimé-Ouadi Achim Faunal Reserve after they were first reintroduced in August 2016. On December 13, the oryx, also known more simply as the scimitar oryx, officially saw its status changed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).  Between 2016 and 2022, 285 scimitar oryx have been released in the unfenced area, and a population estimate in September 2022 put the total number of the species at 575.   “The change from the previous category of Extinct in Wild is genuine, as it results from the successful re-establishment of the species in the wild,” the IUCN’s website reads. According to the Good News Network, who described the news as a “tremendous achievement,” the change of classification for the scimitar oryx is the first time any animal has moved from the “extinct in the wild” designation to “endangered.” Further research from the scientific journal Animals reveals that another animal, Przewalski’s horse, was downgraded from extinct in the wild to endangered back in 2011, but the feat is exceptionally rare regardless.  Upon hearing the news, the Zoological Society of London’s senior conservation biologist Tim Wacher said: “The return of the scimitar-horned oryx is the result of a long-term conservation effort for the species – following in-depth, careful preparation, and championed and supported by the Environment Agency of Abu Dhabi.    “All Saharan antelope species are severely threatened, but this project is proof that with the right will and resources, we can secure a future for them all.”"

- Excerpt from "Scientists thrilled after horned animal once deemed extinct in wild upgraded to endangered species list: 'A tremendous achievement'" by Leo Collis.

[teathattast]

Wake up babe new fish dropped

[990000]

simongerman600

[brunhiddensmusings]

i was going to say ‘i have no idea what to do with this information’ but then i realized its a handy guide to generate fake words that sound english

[holdup-andrememberthetime]

“What to do with this information”: kick ass at hangman

[charmoly]

Got to be an aid to Wordle this.

[misssaskiaxoxo]

“Being married is like when you’re a kid and a friend is having a sleepover and it’s so thrilling you could burst with joy, having somebody there to have fun with and share things with”

— Victoria Coren (Mitchell) - On being married (telegraph)

[littlealexhorne]

my favorite WILTY moments are the ones where Bob Mortimer steals whatever’s left of David’s sanity

[charmoly]

The beautiful and very clever Professor Alice Roberts.

[celebrimborium]

All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king.

— J. R. R. Tolkien, The Riddle of Strider

[thorinds]

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013), dir. Peter Jackson

[sanziene]

Echinopsis Cacti in Bloom by Greg Krehel 

[ampervadasz]

Unmute !

[charmoly]

Hangry?

[angel-kiyoss]

Octopus filmed changing colours while sleeping.

[fierceawakening]

i wonder what they are dreaming about

[plum-soup]

Changing colors duh

[max1461]

What’s really cool about this is that cephalopod (octopus, squid, etc.) intelligence evolved completely separately from intelligence in tetrapods (which includes primates, dolphins, crows… basically any other intelligent animals you can think of). Cephalopods are very, very far away from us on the tree of life. For context, you and a starfish are more closely related than you and an octopus. The last common ancestor of humans and cephalopods was the so-called Urbilaterian, the hypothetical first animal with a left-right symmetric body. This animal almost certainly had, at most, an extremely simple nervous system, without anything resembling a brain.

All this is to say that the fact that this octopus appears to be dreaming means one of two things. Either

a) dreaming is a very, very old thing indeed, going directly back to the Urbilaterian. This would mean that almost every animal, from insects to starfish to sea slugs to newts, is likely to have the ability to dream in some capacity or another (unless they have specifically lost it by evolutionary simplification).

or

b) dreaming evolved entirely independently in cephalopods when they developed greater intelligence. This would suggest, at least, that there’s something very fundamental about dreaming related to intelligence itself, which causes it to emerge independently when sufficient intelligence arises.

Needless to say, either of these outcomes would be really very cool.

[jnacho]

[drinkyourjuiceshelby]

Are you freaking kidding me?

[texasgmg-deactivated20181209]

Beer run

[secondhand-sheep-shack]

Potholes.

[red-faced-wolf-deactivated20251]

Just another night out with the boys

[armedandgayngerous]

colossal yikes

[charmoly]

Not trying to live forever obviously!